Battery cover



Feb. x3, 1923,

BATTERY nov-ER Filed June 1,8-

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Patented Feb., i3,

E. S. MOUNT AND FREDERGK C. XVINKLE, F LEBANON, MSSOUR-I.

BATTERY COVER.

Application filed June 18, 1920. Serial No. 38,922.

To aZZ iii/"romy may conce/fn.' Said protecting bonv having been fittedupon 55 Be it known that R. S. MOUNT and FiuzD- the battery enc-losesand effectrallj.Y protects iinicir C. VViNiLn, citizens of the Unitedthe saine and may be seated in the ordinary States of America, residingat Lebanon, i battery holder or casing l-t which in the the county ofLaclede and State of lli/lissouria construction illustrated is rivetedor otherhave invented new and useful improvements wise Secured asindicated at 15 to t Side eo in Battery CoversJ of which the following`beam or bar 16 forming a part of the car. is a specification. l Saidcasing as shown, is in the usual prac- Tlie object of the invention isto provide tice provided with an inner insulating lining meansparticularly adapted for use in con- 17 of asbestos or like material.

nection with automobiles of the Ford and n the construct-ion illustratedin Figure 65 similar types for the protection ot' the bat- 2, thebattery receiving and protecting bof: tery used in` connection with theignition 10F" embodying the invention, adapted to and lighting circuitsand which ordinarily be used in connection with a buttery located isexposed and subjected to accumulations beneath the floor of the car, inwhich event of mud and dirt incident to wet roads, rain the free endthereof may be effectually 70 and the like, it being a particularpurpose of closed by the floor of the car as indicated the invention toprovide a protecting means at 18. for the battery which may be appliedthere- In Figure 3, the battery receiving and 20 to withoutnecessitating any change in the protecting box lOb is shown fit-ted witha present equipment of the car in connection lid or cover 1lb havingdepending flanges 19 75 with which it may be used either as to the whichtit within the upper edges of the battery or battery casing ordinarilyprowalls of the box while in Figures, the box vided with the battery andloca-ted either l0c is fitted with a cover llc of which the on therunning boa-rd or beneath the car flanges 2O extend downward eXteriorlyof floor, and with this object in view, the inthe upper edges of thewall of the box7 or 80 vention consists of a construction and combatteryitself.

bination of parts7 of which a preferred em- In Figure 5, a furthermodification is bodiment is shown in the accompanying illustratedwherein the boX 10d is provided drawings, wherein z* with a lid or cover11d hinged as at 21 to Figure l, is a sectional view of a protecttheside wall of the box while in Figure 6. 85

ing device, embodying the invention applied the box 10@ is provided atthe upper edges in operative position to a battery casing of of itswalls with lateral {ianges 22 while the the type usually located at theside of a car, lid or cover l1e is provided at one edge with as forexample above or on the ruiming a depending lip 23 serving as a.convenient board. grip by which the same may be readily re- 90 .Figure2, is a similar view of the device moved to give access to the battery.

for use in connection with batteries which The invention having beendescribed, what are located beneath the :door of the car. is claimed asnew and useful is z` Figures 3, 1l, 5 and G are similar views of Thecombination with an automobile bat a battery protecting box havingmodified tery containing' case having an open top of 95 forms of coversadapted for selective or inan insulating lining disposed against theterchangeable use according to the preferbottom and side walls of thecase, and a ences of the consumer or manufacturer. sheet metal batteryreceiving box disposed In the construction illustrated in Figure withinthe case with its walls in contact with l, the battery protecting andreceiving box the walls of the lining, thesaid box being 100 l0embodying the invention is constructed adapted to snugly fit the batteryand having of sheet metal of dimensions adapted to a removable closureoverlapping the upper snugly t a battery box of the ordinary form edgeof the said case.

(not shown) and fitted with a removable In testimony whereof they afliXtheir sigslide or cover l1 adapted to be slid into natures.

place and provided at its edges with grooved guides l2 for receivinglateral anges 18 at R. S. MOUNT. the upper edges of the walls of thebox. FREDERICK C. WINKLE.

